Samsung and LG are both set to unveil 105-inch ultra high resolution TVs next month. The Samsung UDHTV is pictured. Both screens are said to use the 21:9 'CinemaScope' aspect ratio and both will have resolutions of 5,126 x 2,160

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Both screens on the Samsung and LG 105-inch TVS are said to use the 21:9 ‘CinemaScope’ aspect ratio.

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This
means the images will be 'twice as vivid' of other Ultra HD TVs. that
delivers optimised colour and a greater feeling of depth.

Philips has, until now, been the only company to release the superwide 21:9 aspect ratio sets, but retired the format recently.

It is called CinemaScope because it is the ratio used in some cinema screens.

LG claims its 105-inch model will used LCD screens, rather than OLED panels, to offer 'breathtaking clarity' that more evenly distribute colour and brightness.

The technology in both screens is either sharper than 4K UHD, with its resolution of 3840 pixels x 2160 and 8.3MP per frame.

4K UHD has twice
the horizontal and vertical resolution of the HDTV format, with
four times as many pixels overall.

Both TV sets will be unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show on 7 January. The resolution of the screens, LG's model is pictured, provides 11.1 megapixels per frame. By comparison, HDTV screens have 1920 x 1080 resolution screens with 2.1MP per frame and 4K UHD offers 8.3MP

Samung also announced a 4K 110-inch screen, although its not curved, in Berlin in September, pictured. The vast panel has been likened to looking through a window and will be on sale from next spring

Samung also announced a 4K 110-inch screen in Berlin in September - although it is not curved,

The vast panel has been likened to looking through a window and
will be on sale from next spring.

It is one of the new generation of supersize ultra high-definition TVs which promise astonishing picture clarity.

For those who cannot wait, the 98-inch S9 version is on sale in Britain for £40,000.

However, there are smaller models with screens of 50 to 60-inch screen with more modest price tags of around £5,000.

Curved TVs are expensive compared to normal flat TVs. For instance, the Samsung's 55-inch curved TV (pictured) costs around £7,000 compared to around £2,000 for its flat screen equivalent

Next
year’s football World Cup in Brazil will be the first major event to be
broadcast in full Ultra HD to viewers in Japan, while the Rugby World
Cup in England in 2015 will be the first in the UK.

Consumer
electronics guru, Barry Fox, said the images on the new sets are
extremely impressive, offering a far better experience than 3D.

‘The pictures are mind-blowing, it is like looking through a window,’ he said.

Samsung’s
Michael Zoeller, senior director of European sales and marketing, said
the screen is so big that players would appear almost life-size to
viewers during a football match.